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20 Cards in this Set
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Events such as earthquakes, mountain building, and volcanoes
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SUBSURFACE EVENTS
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The 20 substances that make up most of the rocks of the Earth's crust
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ROCK FORMING MINERALS
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Process by which running water, wind, or ice carry away bits of weathered rock
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EROSION
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Forms when rock is changed by heat or pressure
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METAMORPHIC ROCK
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Forms from the cooling of molten material (lava or magma) from volcanoes
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IGNEOUS ROCK
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Events such as weathering and erosion
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SURFACE EVENTS
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Theory that Earth's outer layer is broken into pieces that move slowly over the Earth's surface
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PLATE TECTONICS
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The effects of freezing and thawing, acid rain, plant roots, and other forces on rocks
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WEATHERING
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Forms when small particles of rock are pressed and cemented together
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SEDIMENTARY ROCK
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The look and feel of a rock's surface
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TEXTURE
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Can be round or jagged
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GRAIN SHAPE
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Has many pathways
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THE ROCK CYCLE
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Can be fine or course
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GRAIN SIZE
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Process by which sediment settles out and is deposited on the ground.
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DEPOSITION
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Can be banded or nonbanded
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GRAIN PATTERN
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The creation of magma or molten rock is a ____ event
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SUBSURFACE
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Which is not part of the rock cycle: erosion, melting, freezing, heat and pressure
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FREEZING
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Igneous rock can become magma through ___
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MELTING
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Metamorphic rock becomes sedimentary rock through ___
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EROSION
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Magma becomes igneous rock through ____
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VOLCANIC ACTION
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